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Re: The Great Books! ( And What Are You Currently Reading? )

Originally Posted by Luckas04

Did you mean divine comedy by Dante Alighieri? I started reading it many times, I really love some verses.

yeah. and for some reason, so many things are in the way of reading. and i really love how dante alighieri portrayed so many things there, like the sins and all. and one paticular verse that i like there is the one that's written on the gates of hell.

Re: The Great Books! ( And What Are You Currently Reading? )

Originally Posted by bakashijinsan

yeah. and for some reason, so many things are in the way of reading. and i really love how dante alighieri portrayed so many things there, like the sins and all. and one paticular verse that i like there is the one that's written on the gates of hell.

"Abandon all Hope ye who enter here" So cool!

Incredible, the verses on the Gates of Hell are those I like the most.

Re: The Great Books! ( And What Are You Currently Reading? )

yeah! it really is incredible! i mean, he was able to think that far ahead and to think it was written sometime in the rennaisance. dante is considered a genius because of this work of his.

oh! and if some of you have seen that movie of Robin Williams where all of the members of his family died (i think it was What Dreams May Come), you can see there so many allegorical references from The Inferno. that's what made me see the movie in the first place.

Re: The Great Books! ( And What Are You Currently Reading? )

i bought that dvd, the scenery is quite surreal. but the story's great. I forgot the last time i read Dante's Inferno. but i guess bakashijinsan is right, the movie (What Dreams May Come) has a lot of references from Dante's work.

I'm currenly contemplating on choosing what to read. I got Dark Tower 1st book, Life of Pi by Yann Martel, and For One More Day by Mitch Albom.
I'm also looking for a book called Inheritance of Loss, I heard it's a great read.

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hey! can anyone suggest any good book? i'm not into romance tyoe books so no daniel steel for me. any genre would do except romance.

Originally Posted by ichimaru_gin_n_tonic

the movie (What Dreams May Come) has a lot of references from Dante's work.

yeah there are. especially the one where they stepped on the faces on the souls. you can find that in the 1st (i think) of the ninth circle of Inferno.

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I'm currenly contemplating on choosing what to read. I got Dark Tower 1st book, Life of Pi by Yann Martel, and For One More Day by Mitch Albom.
I'm also looking for a book called Inheritance of Loss, I heard it's a great read.

Re: The Great Books! ( And What Are You Currently Reading? )

Originally Posted by bakashijinsan

hey! can anyone suggest any good book? i'm not into romance tyoe books so no daniel steel for me. any genre would do except romance.

Hmm... I suggest you read books by Kipling (Jungle Book, Kim) or Yann Martel's work or Mitch Albom's work if you're into spiritual soul searching, chicken soup, heart-warming stuff.
If you're into spy/action/war story stuff, you can try works by Robert Ludlum -- famous for Bourne Trilogy, consisting of Bourne Identity, Bourne Supremacy and Bourne Ultimatum; Sharpe series by Bernard Cornwell; Jack Higgin's WW II stories; Tom Clancy (The Hunt for the Red October, Patriot Games, Executive Decision).
There are too many good books by great authors out there. try browsing for recommended books on spesific genre on the internet.